Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century
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Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century

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Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the same time against the same hitters, who would have won the most games?
If Jackie Robinson had been white, would he be deserving of the Hall of Fame? Who was the greatest all around playe...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published May 23rd 2003 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published 2002)
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Joel
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Joel rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Unorthodox opinions supported by the numbers. There were just too many numbers.
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Paul
Jan 14, 2008
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Baseball fans will love this, although you can get bogged down in the numbers.
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